Android Software Engineer

Branch Overview

Branch is a leading AI-based lending fintech with 50M+ downloads across India and Africa. We use alternative data to reach millions of people that are largely excluded from the financial sector. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with operations in India, Nigeria and Kenya, Branch is a for-profit, socially conscious company built for scale and impact. Our mission-driven team—founded and led by the former CEO of Kiva.org—now

spans 400+ employees globally. We’re backed by investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Visa, and the IFC.

Branch launched in India in early 2019 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. In 2020 we are building out a full Engineering team in India to accelerate our success here. This team will work closely with our engineering team (based in the United States, Nigeria, and Kenya) to strengthen the capabilities of our existing product and build out new product lines for the company.

As an Android Engineer you will design, build and maintain an Android app with the potential to unlock financial services for billions of people in emerging markets. As a member of a small, nimble team, you ll work directly with our product team to create beautiful, inspiring financial experiences for our customers. As a company, we are passionate about our customers, fearless in the face of barriers, and driven by data.

As an engineering team, we value bottom-up innovation and decentralized decision-making:
We believe the best ideas can come from anyone in the company, and we are working hard to create an environment where everyone feels empowered to propose solutions to the challenges we face. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a fast-moving, innovative, and customer-focused setting.

• Contributing to the design and development of our Android app (written in a mix of Java and Kotlin).
• Architect and lead the modularization of our production Android app, delivering reusable feature modules and SDKs that scale for billions of users.
• Scoping new projects and features with our product team, and implementing them (including contributing to some parts of our backend systems when needed).
• Define and enforce a mobile security strategy, including biometrics integration, cryptography, secure networking, and obfuscation to protect sensitive financial data.
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Contributing to the overall engineering roadmap, including building out new products for the Indian market and beyond.
• Establish comprehensive observability:
  Monitoring crash rates, network performance, and UI latency to ensure a premium user experience.
• Drive the adoption of modern Android standards.
• Mentoring and teaching other team members.

• You are highly entrepreneurial and thrive in taking ownership of your own impact. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise.
• You are a passionate coder. You start and/or contribute to projects you’re excited about.
• You have experience architecting high-quality Android apps that interact with RESTful APIs and enjoy keeping up with the latest frameworks and development practices. It’s an additional bonus if you have working knowledge of languages such as Kotlin, Ruby and/or Python.
• You understand the value of writing thorough tests, and you are passionate about code quality and bug fixing.
• You are curious about new technologies and are eager to learn about and contribute to all parts of our technology stack.
• You are an excellent collaborator & communicator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, aren’t afraid to speak your mind and always try to ask the right questions.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world.

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully-paid Group Medical Insurance and Personal Accidental Insurance
• Unlimited paid time off including personal leave, bereavement leave, sick leave
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months…